The Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT), an international legally binding agreement from 1996 banning nuclear explosive tests, recently reached its 30th anniversary.
The agreement, adopted by the United Nations and signed by 187 countries, was honored at the Arms Control Association’s annual meeting at the beginning of June.
Oklo has bought Oak Ridge, Tenn.-based manufacturing and engineering company ARMEC to expand its own internal reactor and fuel manufacturing capabilities, the company said on Monday.
California-based Oklo said in a press release that the acquisition, closed on June 4, highlights the company’s broader strategy of “integrating critical execution capabilities closer to its reactor, fuel fabrication, and recycling programs as it advances from design into deployment.”
Oklo said it expects the transaction to acquire ARMEC to improve the company’s talent, capabilities and strategic relationships. ARMEC, founded in 2002, is a manufacturing and mechanical engineering firm that specializes in nuclear manufacturing and fabrication. With the transaction completed, a team of 40 engineers, fabricators, welders and technical personnel will be added to Oklo’s programs.
The Department of Energy unveiled the finalized version of its Fusion Science and Technology Roadmap on Tuesday.
The Fusion Science and Technology Roadmap serves as a national strategy to expedite the development and commercialization of fusion energy on a fast track. The newest fusion strategy aligns DOE and private industry to bring together fusion energy, infrastructure and commercialization priorities into a national strategy to support fusion pilot plants and commercial fusion power in the mid 2030s.
DOE said this roadmap builds off of similar efforts that were released in October 2025. DOE said in a press release that the roadmap aligns with its Genesis Mission and will be implemented through its recently established Office of Fusion.